Joseph Siragusa

Joseph "the Yeast Baron" Siragusa (1892-13 September 1931) was the boss of the Pittsburgh crime family from 1929 to 1931, succeeding Stefano Monastero and preceding John Bazzano.

Biography
Giuseppe Siragusa was born in Caltanissetta, Sicily in 1892, and he emigrated to New York City at the age of 18. Siragusa later moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and he became involved in gambling, loansharking, and extortion there. Siragusa worked with Joseph Bonanno in establishing liquor distilleries near the city during Prohibition, and he paid tribute to American Mafia boss Salvatore Maranzano. He became known as "the Yeast Baron" for supplying the sugar and yeast necessary for producing liquor, and he lived in an expensive house in Squirrel Hill. Siragusa's old-fashioned ways led to Lucky Luciano planning out his murder, and he was murdered in the basement bathroom of his house on 13 September 1931, just three days after the murder of Maranzano. His murder was a part of the purge of the "Mustache Petes" of the Mafia by the American "Young Turks".